Suit form pad



Oct. 31, 1950 G. TANZER sun FORM PAD Filed Nov. 1, 194a m/vf/vrofi GEORGE 734N254 By M M 7m ATTORNEYS Patented Oct. 31, 1950 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE SUIT FORM- PAD George Tanzer, Everett, Mass. Application November 1, 1948, Serial No. 57,812

iacturers, many of which havetheir own individual designs and patterns which they follow in making their garments. Hence the sport coats and suit jackets which are ofiered to the public in retail stores are of .a variety of difiere'nt designs and shapes. In some sport coats and suit jackets the Waist portion is drawn in more crless, while others have a full waist and both the back and the front hang free from the shoulders. V

A suit form which is shaped to display properly a sport coat or suit jacket that is drawn in more or less at the waist will not properly display a full waisted garment unless the form is padded to a considerable extent at various points; It is, therefQre a common practice in displaying sport coats and suit jackets for the display artist to apply padding to different parts of the suit form as needed to fill out properly the garment being displayed. The padding used maybe any suitable soft padding material or it may be tissue paper which is attached to the suit form or tucked between the garment and the form. The attaching of padding to the suit form at various points frequently provides a more or less uneven surface-which is reflected in the garment being displayed on the form thereby detracting from the finished appearance of the displayed garment. -One object of this invention is to provide a novel suit form pad which can be applied to any standard suit form and by which said form is given a padded base free from ridges or uneven portions preparatory to fitting the suit jacket or sport coat thereon for display purposes.

My improved suit form pad is constructed of some suitable padding material and presents a back section which fully pads the back of the form and also a front section which not only pads properly the chest portion of the form, but also provides a proper support for the entire front of the garment whether the latter is of the type in which the waist is drawn in more or less,

or whether it is of the full waisted type.

In order to give an understanding of my invention, I have illustrated in the drawings a selected embodiment which will now be described after .whichthe novel features will be pointed out'ginthe appended claims.

In the drawings, f, I Fig. 1 illustratesa suit my invention.

Fig. 2.is a front view of a suit form with my improved suit form pad applied. thereto.

Fig; 3 is a back view. of the suit form with the suit form pad applied thereto,

Fig. 4 is an enlarged fragmentary view showingaportion of the pada I Fig. 5 is a section on the line 55, Fig. 4.

' In the-drawings I indicates a suit form such as ,is used for displaying suit jackets or sport coats, said form-being mountedon a pedestal 2; These, forms are, usually made of papier-mach or similar material covered with a close fitting envelope of knitted goods.

My. improved suit form pad is made from some suitable padding or quilted material, an example of which is illustrated on a larger scale in Figs. 4 and 5. The padding or quilted material herein shown presentsthe two layers 3, 4, of cloth and an intermediate layer 5 of cotton batting or similar padding material, the two layers 3 and 4 being sewed or quilted together form pad embodying strips '8 and 9 which extend from the shoulder portion of the back 1 and'are adapted to overlie the front of the form. The suit form pad herein shown isv alsoprovided with the neck portion Ill which coversthe back of the neck of the form and with the two extensions I I which overlie the shoulders of the form as shown in Fig. 2.-

The-back section 1 of the pad is preferably shaped so as to fit the shoulder portion of the form. This may be done by cutting a V-notch in each side of-the back at its upper end and then sewing the edges together as indicated at l2. This gives the upper end of the back section 1 a shape which will closely fit the shoulders of the form.

In applyin the suit form pad to a suit form,

it is placed in positiOn thereon with the front and then the lower ends thereof fixed to the bottom of the form at the front by means of pins or other fastening devices as indicated at I45 The extensions II will also be preferably folded smoothly against the form over the shoulders and then pinned to the form by pins or other fastening devices [5.

When the suit form pad is thus applied to the suit form, it will provide a smooth surface free from ridges to receive the sport coat or suit jacket to be displayed on the form.

The back section 7 of the pad is so made that at the waist portion the edges extend slightly beyond the side of the form as shown at [6 in Fig. 3, and at the front of the form the edge portions 1'! of the strips 8 and 9 also extend Slightly beyond the sides of the form and are spaced from the form. In other words, the width of the back section 1 at the waist portion is somewhatgreater than the side-to-side diameter of thevform, and the space between the outer side edges H of the front section strips 8 and 9 at the waist of the form is greater than said sideto-side diameter of the form.

As a result the edges iii of the back section 1 as well as the outer edges I! of the front section strips will be spaced from the form at the waist thereof. These free edges 5 and I! at the waistof the form are important features in securing a proper display of sport coats or suit jackets having different designs.

If a sport coat or suit jacket with a drawn in waist is being displayed on the form, the free edge portions it of the back and I! of the strips 8. and 9 will give or yield inwardly to correspond I to the shape of the drawn in waist portion of the garment and such free edges function to hold the waist portion of the garment in its proper shape and free from wrinkles.

If, on the other hand, a full waisted garment is being displayed on the form, the free edge portions l7 and it also function to fill out the waist of the garment and hold it in a desired rounded condition free from any slack portion or wrinkles. With my invention, therefore, the waist portion of sport coats or suit jackets of widely different design can be satisfactorily displayed on a standard suit form without the necessity of specially padding each individual garment V uneven surface which would be reflected in the garment being displayed.

The edges of the back I and the front sections 8 and 9 are provided with a suitable finishing binding l8 to prevent the edges from fraying.

I claim: a

1. The combination with a suit form of a suit form pad therefor made of padding material and presenting a back section of a size to cover the back of the suit form, and a front section comprising two strips extending from the shoulder end of the back section at the outer edge portions thereof, said front section strips extending downwardly in a slightly converging relation from the shoulder of the form over the chest section and to the bottom thereof, means to secure the bottom edge of the back section to the bottom of the form back and the lower ends of the front section strips to the front of the form at the bottom thereof, the outer edge portion of each front section strip as well as the side edges of the back section at the waist of the form being normally spaced from the waist portion of the form and serving to hold the waist portion of a coat or jacket properly filled out and free from wrinkles or slackness. V

2. A suit form pad for use in connection with a suit form, said pad being made of padding material and presenting a back section of a size to cover the back of the suit form with which it is used, and a front section comprising two strips extending from the shoulder end of the back section at the outer edge portions thereof, said front section strips being adapted to extend over the shoulders of the form and downwardly in a slight converging relation to thebottom of said form, and means for securing the lower edge of the back section and the lower ends of the front section strips to the form, the back section having a width across its waist portion greater than the side-to-side diameter of the form at the waist and the outer edges of the front section strips being spaced apart a distance greater than said side-to-side diameter of the form, whereby the edges of the back section as well as the outer edges of the front section strips are spaced from the waist portion of the form and serve tohold the waist portion of a garment displayed on said form properly filled out and free from wrinkles regardless of the design of said garment;

GEORGE TANZER.

REFERENCES CT'I'IED UNITED STATES PATENTS Name Date Kolbert Oct. 9, 1917 Number 

